ద్రావిడ

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit द्राविड (drāviḍa, “Dravidian”).

Adjective

ద్రావిడ • (drāviḍa)

  1. Dravida; a name usually applied to Tamil.
  2. Dravidian
    ద్రావిడ భాషలు ― drāviḍa bhāṣalu ― Dravidian languages.

References

"ద్రావిడ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 616

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